Andrew Schlafly, Idiot

Yes, I know, you're all thinking, "So what's new?" but it is gratifying when Conservapedia founder and self-proclaimed home-school teacher, Andrew Schlafly opens his mouth and displays his complete and utter ignorance for all to see. If he's not begging some State's Supreme Court to ignore their constitution because of a "heartfelt" letter George Washington wrote to a family member, then he's banging on about global warming... or the lack thereof.

I've mentioned elsewhere about Andy's penchant for writing off global warming fears as "liberal claptrap" - his new pet phrase since "Godspeed" and "You're clueless" went out of fashion. His basic spiel is to say something along the lines of "Ooh, there's a massive snowstorm in the Midwest today. So much for the liberal claptrap of global warming."

Now, it's understandible that Andy has to follow in Mama S's conservative footsteps, but you'd think he man would have an inkling of how this thing he doesn't believe in works. After all, he does have an engineering degree from Princeton. Now, the easiest way to describe all this would be as follows:

Warmer weather = warmer seas = more evaporation = more water vapour in air = blown inland by air currents = if it's hot, you get floods (Queensland); if it's cold, you get increased snowfall (US & Europe).

Now, before all you techy types start writing me long messages, employing irony, that is the very, very simplified version. I'm trying to phrase it in terms the Conservapedia administrators will understand... although I'll probably have to resort to pictures for a few of them.

Anyway, long story short, Andy posted yet another "It's cold, so global warming isn't happening" story. A soon-to-be-banned user enquired politely is Andy wasn't confusing "weather" with "climate." Ok, so he also called Andy's right-wing hate blog a blog, so he deserved everything coming to him.

This involved local swabbie with anger issues, Brian Macdonald, swaggering over in true Karajou style, blocking the user and instead of addressing the issue, decodes to speak to the dead:

While you're banned as the troll/vandal you are - and since you like reading blogs - I suggest you try reading this one: http://wattsupwiththat.com/climategate/

Once again ignoring that Climategate was blown all out of proportion by right-wing fuckheads like Brian. Don't worry, I'm sure Brian doesn't mind me calling him a fuckhead (although "forecastle's bitch" might make him blow a fuse), seeing as he concluded our last little chat by saying that he'd be laughing in heaven, while I burnt in hell. What a nice fuckhead he is.

Not to be outdone, Andy also feels the need to speak to the dead and it's with his quote that I'll close off. Because really, you can only let such rank stupidity speak for itself:

"PhineasR", snowfall is correlated with cold weather, and much snowfall is a counterexample to the liberal claim of dangerous global warming.  Here we observe events and data with an open mind

None so blind...

Oh yes, Happy Holidays, Merry New Year, Yippie Yule and all that jazz. Now on with the show.

As with all things conservative, Andrew Schlafly - and by default, his right-wing hate-blog Conservapedia - doesn't just toe the party line, he adheres to it with an intensity that often borders on the insane. Actually, more often than not, he veers over the "insane" line, straight into "dangerous wingnut" territory. One such example - ignoring such things as the horror of the Bible replacing "with child" with "pregnant" and "pledged to" with "engaged to" - is the ongoing debate about global warming and climate change.

Firstly, the fact that it's become such a politicised debate is a crying shame and one for which I sincerely hope world leaders (and the morons cheering them on) will be held accountable one day. There's a very simple solution to all this: let's say you impose all the emission restrictions and global warming is false. You're still benefiting from having a cleaner environment.

Of course, Andy and his ilk believe that the Rapture is coming any day now, so they can rape and pillage all they like. After all, God set man to have dominion over everything, so it's theirs to fuck up as they see fit. Seems God forgot to mention "responsibility" when he set things up. Thus they will squeal like the rodents they are when it comes to the whole debate about climate change. In this regard, Schlafly is not alone in latching onto the phrase "Global warming" - indeed he clings on with a tenacity that would make a bull terrier blush - happily ignoring the more inclusive term "Climate change."

Of course, at the root of it is the simple fact that Schlafly - and by implication, his goons, who are to a man too craven to contradict him - doesn't understand the difference between "climate" and "weather." So as a public service, because I know Schlafly and his henchmen read this blog, here's a simple definition of the two. I'm sorry, it doesn't have pictures, so one of you will have to explain this to Ken Demyer please.

• Climate: The meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that characteristically prevail in a particular region, as observed and measured over a number of years.


• Weather: What's happening outside your window at this moment in time.

Now, climate can affect weather, but weather cannot affect climate. And yes, colder weather can be as a result of warmer temperatures elsewhere. However, I don't expect your minuscule intellects to grasp that subtle point, so I'll carry on.

Here's a list of Schlafly (and his hand-picked thugs) mocking the apparent contradictions to global warming, whilst proudly displaying their monumental collective ignorance. Any rational human being, would read the news articles and start thinking "What's with all this strange weather?" but not Schlafly et al. Oh no, for them it's all a sign that global warming is just another liberal plot - you know, like healthcare, black holes, the Theory of Relativity and, of course, the Bible.

Warning: All weather-related news headlines are printed as is from CP's. I take no responsibility for any self inflicted injuries, due to an overload of stupidity.

• Blizzard hits New Jersey, and the acting Governor declares a state of emergency. Global warming???


• "Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina declared states of emergency" as a massive snowstorm sweeps across States that are normally warmer.


• "Bethlehem shines as Europe freezes."


• Atlanta will see its "first white Christmas since the Chester Arthur administration" in 1882. Global warming???


• Global warming? Many Europeans have been unable to get home for Christmas due to cold, severe weather. "Bitterly cold temperatures brought problems in Scandinavia" and "Britain's aviation regulator said it had written to several airlines about the 'unacceptable' failure to properly feed and accommodate stranded passengers."


• The lamestream media is not reporting the deadly cold temperatures in the United States, but the press in other nations is not so distorted: "Tuesday Was Coldest Day In Costa Rica In The Last 15 Years," and it is not even winter yet!


• A massive snowstorm causes the Minnesota Vikings' stadium dome to collapse.  The NFL was a big supporter of global warming losers in the midterm elections.


• "The first full week of December was the coldest on record for the period from Dec. 3 through Dec. 10" in North Carolina.  How much harm will be caused by liberals falsely pretending that there is global warming?


• The global warming scare was fun while it lasted, but the joke's over .... As western Europe shivers to a halt and our energy bills soar through the roof, the time has come when we should all start to get seriously angry with our politicians for being carried away by all this claptrap."


• The global warming hoax is deadly, misleading government into being unprepared for a devastating dumping of 32 inches of snow on Buffalo, stranding motorists in the cold for as long as 24 hours.


• As an unusually early snowfall covers Britain this weekend, new liberal claptrap emerges: pollution is slowing global warming! By the way, global temperatures are only a meagre 0.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.


• Global warming??? Nearly a foot of snow "causes 400 crashes in Minn; 2 die in Wis."


• Remember all that talk from liberals about how the Earth is experiencing a rapid warming? The last twelve-months have been the coldest temperatures recorded over the past 12-years.


• Get this from the liberal Science News: "Global Warming Could Cool Down Northern Temperatures in Winter."  Translation: it's getting cooler, so claim that is due to global warming too!

Actually I'll end off on that last one, because nothing illustrates more clearly what an imbecile this Harvard and Princeton educated engineer and lawyer is. This prize moron will still be bleating "La-la-la I can't hear you! There's no global warming!" as the glaciers are coming through his front door.